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	Malabar Farm State Park: Louis Bromfield Comes Home Again LiteraryTraveler.com
		Bromfield longed again for the time before the advent of the automobile, of social and dining occasions at his church, and even of his family's mighty struggle at the plow...
		Louis Bromfield was born on December 27, 1896, in Mansfield, Ohio, which is 11 miles northwest of where Malabar Farm stands.
		Bromfield would be remembered as a great advocate and crusader on behalf of American farming, helping to improve the yields of farm lands through better soil and erosion management techniques.
	www.literarytraveler.com /literary_articles/malabar_farm_bromfield.aspx (1890 words)

	Louis Bromfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louis Bromfield (December 27, 1896 – March 18, 1956) is one of Mansfield, Ohio's most famous natives, a man who became internationally renowned both as a prize-winning author and as an innovative conservationist and scientific farmer.
		Bromfield studied agriculture at Cornell before transferring to Columbia University to pursue a career in writing.
		After returning to spend a decade in France, Bromfield came home to Central Ohio in 1938 and began to put into place the principles of grass-based, sustainable farming at "Malabar Farm." Bromfield's writings turned from fiction to non-fiction and his reputation and influence as a conservationist and farmer continued to expand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_Bromfield (447 words)

	jamie-cole.com: Louis Bromfield
		Bromfield was born to farm life in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1896, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in middle America.
		Bromfield wanted his farm to be self-sufficient and profitable, something the farm experts of the day said was impossible.
		Bromfield's legacy is still alive in anything from the sustainable agriculture movment to the now-common soil conservation practices that he revolutionized in his time.
	www.jamie-cole.com /clips/louis.html (931 words)

	Louis Bromfield
		One of the central themes in Bromfield's work is the contrast between city and the country - he saw his own farm as a refuge from the mechanized world, but it also was a meeting place for a number of his friends.
		Louis Bromfield was born in Mansfield, Ohio, on a farm.
		Bromfield's view of the decadent Europeans is seen in the character of Ransome, who is contrasted with awakening India symbolized by the Maharajah.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /bromfiel.htm (1440 words)

	Ohioana Library Ohio Legacy Series: Louis Bromfield, An Essay by David D. Anderson
		This was a paper, “Louis Bromfield and Ecology in Fiction,” given at the Conference on the Culture of the Ohio Frontier in 1997 and later published in Midwestern Miscellany XXV (1997).
		In it I examined Bromfield’s use of and attitude toward the natural world of rural north-central Ohio in his novels as he portrays materialism triumphant over both the rationalism of the eighteenth century and the romanticism of the nineteenth.
		Bromfield ruefully recognizes, too, the failure of an important part of his dream for Malabar: that the intricacies of modern economics made impossible the establishment on the farm of a totally self-sufficient unit, and it was increasingly becoming a specialized operation for the production of beef cattle.
	www.ohioana.org /features/legacy/lbromfield.asp (1880 words)

	Louis (Brucker) Bromfield Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		Louis Bromfield was one of the many writers of his generation for whom residence in France provided a clearer understanding of his American subject matter.
		Bromfield conceived of these four books as panels treating different phases of American life and suggested that they might be considered one novel under the general title of Escape.
		Bromfield defended the American expatriates in an essay, "Expatriate--Vintage 1927," published in Mirrors of the Year (1927), where he argued that the experience of living in Europe gave him a sharper perspective on his native land and that American culture was no longer in danger of being swallowed by European culture.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/louis-brucker-bromfield-dlb (909 words)

	BookThink - Louis Bromfield - The Man Behind the Farm
		In 1980 he was posthumously elected to the Ohio Agricultural Hall of Fame and in 1996 (the centennial of his birth) a bust of Louis Bromfield was placed in the lobby of the Ohio Department of Agriculture's new headquarters in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
		Bromfield strongly believed that mankind was better off when closely attuned with nature and the earth, that materialism was destructive, and that money and the manipulation of money was a false answer to the problems of mankind.
		When Bromfield left MGM, he took George with him to be his personal secretary and business manager and set him up with an office and room in their house in France.
	www.bookthink.com /0078/78lb1.htm (2022 words)

	Books and Authors: Louis Bromfield
		She's speaking of the inventiveness of her husband, Carson, but could easily be referring to her late father Louis Bromfield, who left behind his celebrity author's life in France and New York to return to Mansfield and found Malabar Farm in 1939.
		Bromfield, once dubbed the "Dickens of America," then later hailed for his books on farming, is enjoying a renaissance in the twilight of the century.
		Bromfield was born in 1896 in Mansfield, then an industrial city an hour north of Columbus.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/19991013/aponline120235_000.htm (1063 words)

	The Old Cause by Joseph Stromberg
		Louis Bromfield was a sort of Northern agrarian, a Jeffersonian democrat of the Old Northwest.
		Bromfield's showcase farm — and the subject of his book, Malabar Farm (1948) – is now run by the state of Ohio as a museum and center for spreading ideas on "sustainable farming." There is a website, www.malabarfarm.org.
		Bromfield's case against US domestic and foreign economic policies nicely recapitulated the controversy between Jefferson and Hamilton, as well as the one between Bukharin and Trotsky/Stalin/Preobrazhensky during the so-called Soviet industrialization debate of the 1920s.
	www.antiwar.com /stromberg/s041000.html (1687 words)

	WOSU Presents Ohioana Authors \| Louis Bromfield
		Mansfield native Louis Bromfield attained worldwide acclaim in the 1920s as the author of Early Autumn, his third novel and winner of the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
		At age 29, Bromfield was regarded as one of America's most promising young novelists, compared to the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
		His books created a path to the world of Hollywood — Bromfield's novels were among the first adapted for feature-length sound films.
	www.ohioana-authors.org /bromfield/index.php (225 words)

	louis bromfield, malabar farm, Ohio State Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Inspired by his love of the land, Bromfield restored the rich fertility of the farmlands and preserved the beauty of the woodlands.
		Farm wagon tours are conducted by Malabar’s naturalist staff members, who share their knowledge about the farm, its evolution, as well as Bromfield's impact on farming in the areas of soil and water conservation and general agriculture, mixed with the history of the Pleasant Valley area.
		Bromfield’s country home is referred to as the ‘Big House.” It is famous for being the site of Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart’s wedding in 1945.
	www.ourohio.org /misc/html_misc/feat_arch/2006/fe_08_11_06.php (780 words)

	Louis Bromfield Summary
		With the publication of his first novel, The Green Bay Tree, in 1924, Louis Bromfield was regarded by his contemporary critics as one of the most promising new American writers of the post-war years, and the works immediately following, Possession (1925)...
		Louis Bromfield, novelist, short-story writer, columnist, and experimental farmer, was born on 27 December 1896 in Mansfield, Ohio, to a farming family that had settled Richland County in the early nineteenth century and had moved to town in the late ni...
		Louis Bromfield(December 27, 1896 – March 18, 1956) is one of Mansfield, Ohio 's most famous natives, a man who became internationally renowned both as a prize-winning author and as an innovative conservationist and scientific farmer.
	www.bookrags.com /Louis_Bromfield (210 words)

	Louis Bromfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Louis Bromfield was born on December 27, 1896, near Mansfield, Ohio.
		In his autobiography, Bromfield stated that he left Europe because, "I was sick of the troubles, the follies, and the squabbles of the Europe which I had known and loved so long.
		Bromfield continued to author books and articles, but his works, including Pleasant Valley, now focused on soil conservation and other farming issues.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=52 (304 words)

	Malabar Farm
		Located on nearly 600 acres of land, southeast of Mansfield, this beautiful two-story farm house was built for Louis Bromfield in 1938.
		Bromfield and his wife enjoyed entertaining and often had a house full of guests including Shirley Temple, James Cagney, and Errol Flynn.
		The Bromfields also opened their home to their friends Humphry Bogart and Lauren Bacall who chose to be married at Malabar Farm.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/literary_tour/60098 (411 words)

	BookThink - The Louis Bromfield Legacy - Malabar Farm
		The centerpiece of Bromfield's library/office is a huge semi-circular desk constructed of local walnut and designed by the boss himself, with bookcases built into the front face.
		The Bromfield family lived here before the construction of the "Big House." It opened as a hostel in 1976 and is operated through Hostelling International-USA, a non-profit organization devoted to outdoor recreation and world travel for people of all ages.
		It was built in the 1940's by Louis Bromfield's friend and neighbor Jim Pugh and features two ornate chandeliers which once graced a Mansfield bank.
	www.bookthink.com /0078/78brom2.htm (1020 words)

	Malabar Farm State Park
		Malabar Farm in Pleasant Valley was the dream of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Louis Bromfield.
		The 32-room Big House, designed by Bromfield and architect Louis Lamoreux, is a blend of Western Reserve architectural styles and was built to appear as if it had been added onto over the years.
		In his book, Pleasant Valley, Bromfield wrote, "Every inch of it (the house) has been in hard use since it was built and will, I hope go on being used in the same fashion so long as it stands.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /parks/parks/malabar.htm (973 words)

	Amazon.ca: Yrs, Ever Affly: The Correspondence of Edith Wharton and Louis Bromfield: Books: Carol Williams,Edith ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When Wharton met Bromfield in 1931, she was in her seventies; he, in his thirties.
		Toward the end of her life, Edith Wharton, author of Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers, held a close and personal friendship with author Louis Bromfield, author of Early Autumn, The Farm, and The Rains Came, while at the peak of his literary career.
		We read of Wharton and Bromfield's mutual devotion to horticultural pursuits, their observations of the social/political milieu of American and France during the 1930s, literary gossip of their day, the publishing climate of the Depression era, and a shared love of travel and literature.
	www.amazon.ca /Yrs-Ever-Affly-Correspondence-Bromfield/dp/0870135163 (775 words)

	Ohio Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During the First World War, Bromfield joined the French Army as an ambulance driver.
		Bromfield's first book, The Green Bay Tree, was published in 1925.
		After his death, it became the Louis Bromfield Ecological Center, an experimental farm.
	ohiobio.org /bromfield.htm (75 words)

	REVIEW: Return to Pleasant Valley
		Bromfield was a larger than life character, who strode about, hunted wild game, wrote over 30 books, got into loud arguments, enjoyed good food and big dogs, and farmed like he didn’t know any better—likely because he didn’t.
		Bromfield expected his advice-givers to be both ready to fight for their point of view, and ready for the full force of his convictions when he got rolling on a topic.
		Bromfield formed some romanticized notions about farming (he battled with his farm manager over the notion that one could be completely self-sufficient [pp.
	www.newfarm.org /books/reviews/april04/pleasant_valley.shtml (1009 words)

	Pollinger Limited \| Estates \| Louis Bromfield
		Louis Bromfield was born in Ohio in 1896, and educated at Cornell and Columbia Universities.
		In 1939 the Bromfields returned to Ohio, where they bought a 1000-acre farm, which became a productive showcase for his environmental ideas.
		He pioneered organic farming, and advocated a return to a simpler way of like, recording his experiences and knowledge in his classic Malabar Farm.
	www.pollingerltd.com /estates/louise_bromfield.htm (146 words)

	Louis Bromfield Biography Text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Louis Bromfield is remembered as a Pulitzer-Prize winning author whose prolific literary career crossed several continents and four decades.
		Born in Mansfield, Ohio, educated at Columbia and schooled in the rigors of WWI, he began his writing in New York and was on the founding staff of Time magazine.
		Back in Richland County, Ohio as one of the highest paid authors in America, he began his second career as a farmer, conservationist, and spokesman for the new agriculture of the post-Depression era; writing political essays and agricultural non-fiction until his death.
	www.ljbooks.com /bio.htm (113 words)

	Amazon.com: Malabar Farm: Books: Louis Bromfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Louis Bromfield High School Alumni — Find lost friends and old flames Free Registration at Reunion.com.
		Bromfield's Malabar Farm is more or less the sequel to Pleasant Valley.
		Bromfield comes across here as more arrogant about his approach to farming, however, there is still a good deal of interesting material, and if you've read Pleasant Valley and liked it, you will appreciate finding out what happened over the next few years.
	www.amazon.com /Malabar-Farm-Louis-Bromfield/dp/1888683848 (915 words)

	Louis Bromfield
		louis bromfield • appalachia • writer • autobiography • derosier
		Home of author and conservationist Louis Bromfield is open for tours.
		louis bromfield • malabar farm • mansfield • ohio • lucus
	www.suite101.com /reference/louis_bromfield (54 words)

	Amazon.com: Pleasant Valley: Books: Louis Bromfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Novelist Louis Bromfield won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1927 (Early Autumn).
		Bromfield made his name as a fiction writer, but this is non-fiction, and it would be interesting to read one of Bromfield's novels to see if his fiction still has any power to capture an audience.
		This book is such a personal statement for Bromfield that it probably isn't fair to judge him as a writer on the basis of this book.
	www.amazon.com /Pleasant-Valley-Louis-Bromfield/dp/0345221613 (1441 words)

	FORMER ODNR DIRECTOR JOSEPH J. SOMMER RECEIVES LOUIS BROMFIELD SOCIETY AWARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		COLUMBUS, OH - The spirit of Pulitzer Prize winning-author Louis Bromfield lives on this year with the giving of the Louis Bromfield Society Award to Joseph J. Sommer, former director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
		The Louis Bromfield Society Award, established in 2000, is given by the Malabar Farm Foundation.
		Louis Bromfield created the farm in the 1940s to demonstrate his then-progressive ideas about soil conservation and sustainable farming practices.
	www.outdoorcentral.com /mc/pr/04/05/17d1.asp (296 words)

	Louis Bromfield Quotes
		1 Quotes for 'Louis Bromfield' in the Database.
		As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them.
		All Quotes are provided for educational purposes only and contributed by users.
	www.worldofquotes.com /author/Louis-Bromfield/1/index.html (51 words)

	Malabar Farm
		Your complete source for Bromfield books and Malabar Farm products that make great gifts.
		Tour Louis Bromfield's original 32-room country home in geothermal comfort!We offer guided tours of the home on the hour and wagon tours throughout the summer.
		The new Louis Bromfield Visitor Education Center is now OPEN.Click here to explore the 'green' features used in its construction.
	www.malabarfarm.org (162 words)

	Bromfield, Louis
		The collection contains the typescript with manuscript additions and corrections of Louis Bromfield's novel The Rains Came, published in 1937 by Harper and Brothers.
		Also in the collection is a February 27, 1950 letter from Bromfield to the Assistant Director of the University of Rochester Library Wilmer Baatz; and a letter from Bromfield to Edwin F. Edgett, June 7, n.y.
		The manuscript of The Rains Came was donated by Louis Bromfield in June 1950; the letter from Bromfield to Edwin F. Edgett was purchased from Ahab Rare Books, cat.
	www.library.rochester.edu /index.cfm?page=807 (212 words)

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